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  15. Vital info for those heading to Plymouth by train

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    18 minutes ago, pongo88 said:

    I’m not sure how old @Never to the dark side is, but if he’s of a certain age he’ll remember the days when British Railways used to run football specials to matches. I went on one to Plymouth. These were good fun as everyone on board was a supporter, though I was a bit too young to embrace the finer aspects of the trip. Unfortunately, the hooligan element got involved with some of these specials across the country and wrecked the carriages, though not City ones, resulting in them being cancelled. It would be great if they came back but there’s no hope of this as there’s no spare capacity. Perhaps during an international break we could all take over a train from Temple Meads to Sea Mills to watch Manor Farm

    Went on plenty of those...remember the train breaking down on the way to Orient..fairly sure we had one to Gillingham one season and possibly York..awful trains..no heating and most of the light bulbs were unscrewed and thrown out the windows before we had left Temple Meads.

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  16. Vital info for those heading to Plymouth by train

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    1 hour ago, redkev said:

    Funny story , I remember being down there in a transit van ( builders type no windows or seats in the back ) I was driving and had 2 lads sat next to me , got stuck in traffic near the ground close to kick off time a fairly large group of Plymouth fans had come out of the pub and were heading for the ground when one punched the lad sat in the passenger seat through the open window , little did they know there were about 15 lads sat in the back of the van , within seconds back doors fly open and Plymouth fans scattered in all directions , god we had some fun back in those days and before I get slagged off by some not all violence/hooligan related by any means 

     

     

     

     

    Were you there the year of the car showroom "incident" ? Plymouth fan swinging an axe above his head..they retreated to the showroom and a fair few City fans decided they didn't like the glass front and got rid of most of it.

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